Embodiments use a graphical tree to illustrate hierarchical records including a child record having parent field(s) identifying a first parent record and a second parent record of the child record. The graphical tree is generated by determining a first position for the child record and a second position for the first parent record without considering the second parent record. Subsequently, a third position for the second parent record is determined at a same level as the second position. Once the positions are determined, a first shape, a second shape and a third shape are rendered at the first position, the second position and the third position, respectively. The graphical tree is then generated by visually connecting the first shape with the second shape and the third shape, thereby graphically illustrating the plurality of hierarchical records on a target output medium.
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3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second shape is rendered at a sibling level of the third shape such that the first parent record is represented as a sibling of the second parent record.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the child record is a descendant of the first parent record and the second parent record according to the hierarchical relationship among the list of records.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of hierarchical records are graphically illustrated using a graphical tree.
9. The system of claim 7, wherein the second shape is rendered at a sibling level of the third shape such that the first parent record is represented as a sibling of the second parent record.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the child record is a descendant of the first parent record and the second parent record according to the hierarchical relationship among the list of records.
12. The system of claim 7, wherein the plurality of hierarchical records are graphically illustrated using a graphical tree.
15. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the second shape is rendered at a sibling level of the third shape such that the first parent record is represented as a sibling of the second parent record.
17. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the plurality of hierarchical records are graphically illustrated using a graphical tree.
18. The method of claim 1, wherein a first relationship between the first parent record and the child record is equivalent to a second relationship between the second parent record and the child record.
19. The system of claim 7, wherein a first relationship between the first parent record and the child record is equivalent to a second relationship between the second parent record and the child record.
20. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein a first relationship between the first parent record and the child record is equivalent to a second relationship between the second parent record and the child record.
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